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2 definitions found From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Akin \A*kin"\, a. [Pref. a- (for of) + kin.] 1. Of the same kin; related by blood; -- used of persons; as the two families are near akin. 2. Allied by nature; partaking of the same properties; of the same kind ``A joy akin to rapture.'' --Cowper. The literary character of the work is akin to its moral character. --Jeffrey. Note: This adjective is used only after the noun From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]: akin adj 1: similar or related in quality or character; "a feeling akin to terror"; "kindred souls"; "the amateur is closely related to the collector" [syn: {akin(p)}, {kindred}, {related}] 2: related by blood [syn: {akin(p)}, {blood-related}, {cognate}, {consanguine}, {consanguineous}, {kin(p)}]
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